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Per Henrik Ling is often credited with developing Swedish massage in the 1830s. Ling was a lifelong scholar who suffered from a variety of ailments, including rheumatism, lung disease, and gout. He reportedly used percussion strokes to heal his elbow injuries, and later developed other strokes used in Swedish massage today. Johan Georg Mezger is credited with naming the basic strokes used in Swedish massage. He created the French names for these soft tissue techniques to help rehabilitate patients. By 1890, physicians had documented the effects of Swedish massage, and it was widely used in sanitariums around the world. 20th century Swedish massage became a holistic therapy and luxury treatment, with physical and mental benefits. In the 1960s and 1970s cultural shifts towards a greater awareness of physical and mental health led to a renewed interest in massage therapy.

Swedish massage uses a variety of techniques, including effleurage, petrissage, tapotement, and vibration. Effleurage involves long, gliding strokes, while petrissage is a deeper kneading movement. Swedish massage can help relieve stress and pain, improve circulation, and increase flexibility. It can also help treat low back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, and fibromyalgia. Swedish massage can help you relax and improve your posture. It can also help support a healthy immune system by increasing lymphocytes, which are immune cells produced in the lymph nodes. Comparison to deep tissue massage Swedish massage is gentler and more soothing than deep tissue massage, which uses firmer pressure to target different muscle layers. A Swedish massage typically lasts 60 or 90 minutes. Before your massage, you should avoid heavy meals and alcohol.

Lomilomi is a traditional Hawaiian massage and is part of Hawaiian culture. Lomi lomi is believed to originate from the ancient Polynesian people who settled and spread throughout on the islands of Hawaii and has been passed down through generation after generation. Lomilomi massage can differ from family to family throughout Hawaii. The word Lomilomi means rub, massage or knead. Its a beautiful, loving and nurturing massage which uses long flowing strokes from head to toe representing the ocean. Lomi lomi practitioners will use forearms, hands and elbows and traditionally use a generous amount of oil. Lomilomi aims to treat the body, mind and spirit as one whole being. It is thought to help reduce tension, rejuvenate the body, assist blood and lymph flow, eliminate waste and stimulate toxins and install a sense of peace, harmony and wellbeing.

Because of the use of oil and for the flow of the massage it is preferable to receive lomilomi without any clothes; you will be kept covered with a loin cloth or the sarong throughout the massage.